The legacy of isolation is a double-edged sword for children in Nuristan, Eastern Afghanistan
In Afghanistan’s remote and mountainous Nuristan province, children are highly vulnerable to polio and other deadly diseases due to multiple, intersecting needs that stem from long-standing isolation and multiple deprivations.
26/08/2015
What does Nigeria need to do to become polio-free?
"This is the time for Nigeria to be very vigilant, alert and to maintain its extraordinary efforts," says Dr Arshad Quddus from the World He...
20/08/2015
Pakistan Becomes the Second Polio-Endemic Country to Introduce IPV
Reaching four million children every year, the introduction of IPV will boost immunity against polio in one of the last countries with wild...
18/08/2015
Polio Teams Support Health of Remote Communities in Nigeria
As Africa makes progress towards becoming polio-free, the polio infrastructure in Nigeria is helping to bring other health services to the m...
14/08/2015
Introducing the Inactivated Polio Vaccine: How Far Have We Come?
As part of the most ambitious globally synchronised vaccine introduction in history, the inactivated polio vaccine is being introduced into...
14/08/2015
Forty thousand health workers fan across Yemen
Ensuring children are protected from polio and measles
13/08/2015
Papua New Guinea Introduces the Inactivated Polio Vaccine
Part of largest globally-coordinated vaccine introduction project in history, the introduction of the inactivated polio vaccine will help to...
11/08/2015
Is Africa polio-free?
One year since the last case of wild polio on the African continent, we look at what needs to be done to turn this small step into a victory...
06/08/2015
The People at the Heart of Polio Eradication in Afghanistan
Through this series of photographs, meet religious leaders, health care workers, volunteers, vaccinators, programme monitors and parents as...
29/07/2015
Tracing Every Last Poliovirus
28/07/2015
Children Reached with Polio Vaccines in Yemen
A humanitarian pause in Yemen allows children to be reached with the protection they desperately need against polio
27/07/2015
Sustaining Progress Against Polio in Ethiopia
A high-level visit to Selam Health Centre in Addis Ababa this month marked continuing commitment to keeping Ethiopia polio-free
24/07/2015
Nigeria reaches one year without polio
Nigeria is closer than ever to ending polio, but high quality surveillance and vaccination campaigns are essential to finish the job
06/07/2015
Eradication within reach in Pakistan
The meeting of the Technical Advisory Group in Pakistan has highlighted important progress made in the fight against polio, and outlined the...
06/07/2015
The Afghan Frontier
As the final frontier of the poliovirus in 2015 draws closer, the Technical Advisory Group for Afghanistan met to assess and strengthen prog...
26/06/2015
Ending an Outbreak: The Importance of Strong Surveillance
The polio outbreaks in Ethiopia and Kenya were declared over this June, emphasizing the importance of strong surveillance in knowing the vir...
